ONCIDIUMS: Equitant Types

Oncidium Alliance Orchid Doctor

by Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler)

Originally published in The Orchid Doctor in 1980 and 1988

Posted by Sys Admin about 7 years ago.

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A cultural hint on how to grow them in Tennessee in a small pot on one lump of charcoal. OIE85-5

They will not flower, possibly when they are over-fertilized, so the feed rate should be halved. A83-698

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